A lot of folks in this generation won’t accept the fact that a good amount of the previous generation was just flat out better. This MJ/CB comparison being one of the conversations that should never be had because Chris has never even come close to duplicating anything on the level of MJ.
Facts. They hate to hear it though. Michael Jackson was better than any modern artist when he was 12 years old. Nobody coming up today is seeing the likes of James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Stevie Wonder, Sly Stone, Donny
@Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, David Ruffin, Chaka Khan, Prince, Patrice Rushen, the Isley Brothers, Earth Wind & Fire, George Duke, the Gap Band, Lakeside, etc.
I know that list is tl;dr but it really speaks to the quality you had back then. Smokey Robinson. Minnie Riperton. Angela Bofill. Diana Ross. The Sylvers. Johnny Guitar Watson. Luther Vandross. Coltrane. Miles Davis. Wes Montgomery. Morris Day. The SOS band. Slave. I could go on all night, lol